To paraphrase Meat Loaf, three out of four ain't bad. At least when it comes to the Rolling Stones. Or is it?
Late Wednesday, the Stones announced that founding drummer Charlie Watts will not participate in this fall's pandemic-delayed 13-city No Filter Tour, including an Oct. 24 concert at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Watts, 80, recently underwent an undisclosed but "completely successful" medical procedure, and doctors have prescribed rest.
"For once my timing has been a little off," Watts quipped in a statement.
Well-traveled drummer Steve Jordan will sit in with the three other longtime Stones, co-founders Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and guitarist Ronnie Wood, who joined in 1975.
Jordan has played with Richards' side project X-Pensive Winos, the house bands on "Saturday Night Live" and "Late Night With David Letterman," and on tour with the Blues Brothers, Eric Clapton and John Mayer. The drummer has recorded with Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Kelly Clarkson and many others.
As a producer, Jordan has helmed projects by Soul Asylum, Bettye LaVette and Buddy Guy, to name a few, as well as two Richards' solo albums.
Moreover, Jordan, 64, has worked with the Stones before, playing on their 1986 album "Dirty Work" when Watts wasn't available. Watts also was treated for throat cancer in 2004.